One of the questions that often comes up with Sharepoint regarding document libraries is "how do I link to a document stored in one library in others?"  Unfortunately, there was no way to do this prior to the 2007 version without actually duplicating the document and uploading it into each library independent of each other.  This obviously has ramifications by creating separate versions which will soon be out of sync.  Changes made to one document won't be represented in the others. To resolve this, SharePoint introduced a feature known as the Lint to a Document Content Type.  If you aren't...

As I'm delving into the world of MOSS 2007 I'm finding lots of cool features and well thought out ideas that Microsoft has brought to the table.  One such feature is known as the Audience.  The audience provides a more dynamic way to target specific content to users for which it is appropriate.  An audience is created by specifying rules from the data contained in the user profile data store.  Because an audience is closely related to user profiles the administration interface to control them is found in the Shared Services Administration site. To create a new audience, you start by...

As promised I am going to begin posting a lot on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as I begin to delve into it.  At work I have been tasked with developing a series of applications (and a line of business) on Sharepoint and see it as a great opportunity.  I have just jumped through the hoops of getting it up and running on a development server and on a VPC image on my laptop.  It certainly wasn't a painless process getting it running but I have seen worse.  I will post in the near future on the steps to set...